Safe Pregnancy, Safe Labor, Safe Motherhood

The challenges to safe motherhood vary depending where in the world you live. In some areas the challenge may be to get adequate nutrition or clean water; in other areas, it may be to prevent infection; and in still other locations it may be trying to avoid pregnancy before your body is ready or getting [...]

Preventing Prematurity

Today is a day for bloggers to raise awareness of the growing rate of prematurity in the U.S.  As a pre/postnatal fitness specialist who has been working in the field for more than 30 years, I have a number of thoughts on this topic. I like to start thinking about this problem by thinking back [...]

Breastfeeding Research Demonstrates More Baby Protections

A precis of recent research findings on how bifido bacteria help baby’s digestive tract mature by digesting certain sugars in breast milk and coating the tract to ward off noxious bacteria.

Pregnancy Pathway, Pregnancy – Behavior, part 1: Exercise

Summary of the reasons why exercise is critical to good pregnancy outcome.

Pregnancy Pathway, Pregnancy – Maternal Immunological Response

The ongoing dance between maternal/fetal immunology and some of the consequences.

Pregnancy Pathway, Pregnancy

Time for an entre: Pregnancy!! Up for discussion… Let’s start at the beginning…in the first trimester you feel sick and tired, right? Three things: 1) your immune system is pro-inflammatory (causing nausea and fatigue), 2) your body is protecting your fetus from some toxins (if you eat something not so great for the fetus, you [...]

Pregnancy Pathway…Important Notes from Wonderrobyn

The following are notes from co-author Robyn Brancato, CNM (certified nurse midwife) who practices in New York City, or, as she is know here: Wonderrobyn! You can read about both authors in the About tab above. Here they are on the beach in San Diego, when they gave a talk at conference there a couple [...]

Pregnancy Pathway, Preconditions – Genetics

How genetics affects pregnancy.